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H. G. THDMPSON.

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HERSCHEL G. 'momrson. OF STAR CITY, INDIANA,

ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JACOB FARENBAUGH, 0F STAR CITY, INDIANA.

Specification o! fitters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

Application filed 0mm 22,1917. Starla! fwd. 197,808.

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lie a known that. -l.'l-li:usr1mnG. 'Immrsox, a citizen of therl nited States. residingat Star City. in the eounty of Pulaski and State of Indiana. have invented rertain new and useful Improvements in Headlights, of \\'llltll llug Following is a niwritieation,

My present invention has to do with the support. uuluipulation. positioning: and afljustal le fixing of the headlights of autoinolllltH and the lik The general ohjer-t of the invention is the provision ol mean For dettlelullily, though"reliably. swuriug'a light or lights in normal position to illuminate the roadway ahead. as when an automobile is proreediug along a highway. and for enabling the automobile driver to quirkly and easily release the light or lights and to bring: ahoui the downward deliertion oi the same sons to prevent the light or lights from bewildering: the driver of an automohile approaehilig in the opposite illT'PC'iiUn.

The invention also routeiuplates the emplo vnienl nttorsional spring: means for assislilig' in the quirk downward movement of the light or lights and \'ieldin;:l v holding the same in the 1lowuwm'illydirer-led position as well as for rushioning the light or lights and preventing the transmission of shork and jar thereto; and it further eonlemplates the uiilivzation. preferably though not neressarily on the nll'ililtfi post ofthe automobile. of simple and easilyo pei iiied means For serurel'v liie'hing'lhel'ighl or'liglltfs in am normal raisediposiliou.

With the foregoing in l-Hllllli'ilfl invention will he full lirulei'stood l'rnut llte Following. de-srripti'on audelaiins when the same are read in rrmnertion with the drawings, or;

lit'rul ion; iliavliieh h l lgll'i' t l a di'tail sitlt fe portion of an automobile equipped with my novel la'ui i support.

Fig.2 is a front elevation of Villa?! is an (Eula i" u l 'diwail '6 and 7. designed to a 'rg and forming part of this speei ation of inn ii bil s I 1- Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

In the present .and preferred embodiment of my invention, the steering post 1 of the ahtomohile is made use of as a sup mrt for a collar 2. having a stop pin 3, am on the said collar, a hand lever 4 is fulcruinecl at enlarged portion of the said opposite sides of The stoY-engaging portions ternately bring up against the stop pin .Lit'or purposes hereinafter set forth.

Suitably fixed to portions of .the rhassis of tho automobile, at opposite sides of the forward end thereof are posts 8. shouldered The inner lever is provided at fulcrum point. with at 9 and threaded attheir upper ends 10 and equipped with nuts 11, and mounted on and reeeiving the said posts are rollars 1:2. 'lhese rollars are split, as iudieated by 13am] ale interposed andserured between the shoulders E) and the nuts 11. and hence it will he manifest that when orcasion demands the eollars may he tightened to take. up wear or fonanygother purpose.

L'louhnlled in the eollars l2 and extending hetween as well as outwardly ,heyond the same is a rot-l: shaft H. having slots 16 that reeeive the posts '8 and permit ot' roeking lil0\'lltlt\[l|! (if the shaft on and relative to the posts. and earrieql hythe outwardly extended portions of the said roek shaft are Ili'llls Hi on 75 1 hpt ho lights}? are. mounted tln gi 'hiili trh a)u'r Rfllteingii f a'ziy {ty'pu or mjisttiietion eouipatihle with the purpose 'iuia'eu-tiou ie. iek shaft -1-'l. illiffi i'jl'lil) ,Yflilim's t2: and, di -mam ne a erank .18. and interposed crank and tlmlianilrileg'ver a; a 1th This rod may pg; j gtfnr of nm' mar-him, may it exterior of and hood to effect the and though '1. prefer to alongside the machine romlection'stated. i

Sin-roam iojel igafgemn'rgitu g arms 6.

i. 1; light sim an-ihieans is as fi-ill nws: and .lever 4 is pulled rein so that its stop 'itvl.

wardly and downwardly we e.

en agin portion 6 brings up against the stoii pin 3, the connectio of the rod 19 to the lever 4 will rest beyo d the dead center and hence any downward and forward pull on the rod 19 will only tend to maintain the portion 6 more securely in en with the stop pin 3. In this we t e lights are securely though detachably xed in the normal position to illuminate the roadway in front of the moving automobile.

To brin about the downward-deflection of the lig ts, the driver has but to move the lever 4 upwardly and forwardly until the lever portion 6 brings u against the stop pin 3 since when this is one the shafit' 14 is rocked forwardly and downwardly through the rod 19 and crank 8-, and the light arms 16 and the lights 17 thereon are swung forwardly and downwardly, the said movement bein assisted by the torsional springs 20 whic at the com letion' of the movement serve to 'lyieldingly old the lights in the downward well as to cushion t e lights and protect the same against shock and ar.

It Wlll also'be noted ere t at when the lights are raised to and lock in the normal position referred to, the torsional springs 20 are put under tension so that said springs in addition to efliciently cushioning the lights, are in readiness to promptly assist the downward movement of the lights when theapproach of another automobile makes such deflection of the lights necessary or desirable.

It will be manifest from the foregoing that mv novel mechanism is simple, durable and eiiicient, and is susce tible of being readily installed on automobiles such as at present in use; also, that the mechanism is compact and generally neat in appearance and therefore when properly embellished is calculated to enhance rather than detract lfrpm the finished appearance of an uutomo- )1 e.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is?

1. In means. for the purpose described, the combination of the chassis and steering post of an automobile, posts fixbd to the chassisat opposite sides of the forward end thereof and having shoulders and threaded extremities. nuts on said extremities, split collars nlountcd on'suid posts and interposed lictu'oen said shoulders and nuts, :1 rock shaft journalcd in said collars and extending betwcon and outwardly beyond the collars and having slots receiving the said posts, arms on the extended ortions of the rock shaft and carrying lights, a crank on the rock shaft, torsional sprlngs surroumling the extended portions of the rock shaft and lruving term nals engaging the posts and the light arms, respectively, and means connectgement deflected position as to rest at that time beyond the ed'to the said crank and constructed and arranged to detachubly secure the same in one osition.

2. 11 means for the purpose described, the combination of the chassis and steering post of an automobile, a stop on the steering post, a hand lever fulcrumed on the )ost and having portions at opposite sides 0 the fulcrum point, adapted to alternate! brin up against the sto a transverse roc sha t connected with an supported by the chassis, arms liked to said rock shaft and carrying lights, a crank on the rock shaft, torsiona springs surrounding the rock shaft and engaging-t e suplportingmeans thereof and also enga 'ngt e arms that carr the lights, and a re extending between an connecting the hand lever on the steering st and the crank on the rock shaft, one o t e lever portions being arranged to bring up against the pin when the springs are under tension, an the connection of the rod to the lever bein arranged to rest at that time beyond the dead-center.

3 In means for the purpose described, the combination of the chassis and steering post of an automobile, a stop on the post, a hand lever fulcrumed on the post and having a portion adapted to bring up' against said stop, a rock shaft connected with and supported by the chassis and having a crank, a

rod connection between said crank and the hand lever, an arm carried by and movable with said shaft, a torsional spring engaging the shaft support and the arm, and a light on said arm; the lever portion being arranged to bring up' against the stop when the spring is under tension, and the connection of the rod to the lever bein cud-center.

4. In means for the purpose described, the combination of the chassis and steering post of an automobile, vertically-swinging lightcurrying means supported on tie chassis, spring means arranged to cushion said lightcarrying means and to vieldin ly hold the some in a downwardly-deflect position. a stop on the steering post, a hand lever fulcrumed on said post and having a stop-cngaging portion, and a rod and crank connection between said hand lever and the light-carrying means; the lever portion being urrungml to bring up u ninst the stop when the spring means is um cr tension. nnd tho (mnncction of the rod to the lever being arranged to rest at that time beyond the dead-center.

In menus for the purpose described. the combination of an automobile, verticallyswinging light-carrying means supported on the some. spring means conslructmland arranged to cushion said light-carrying menus and to vichliugly hold the same in a downwardly reflected osition, a stop supported on the automobile, a hand lever fularrunged crimml mi we mitmimhila aeljaurcnt to said stop and having pm lJlUll adapted to bring up against said his, and a 0d ml crank munectimi between ii. hand levm and the lighium'ry lsg 1wl: hzver pmv'tion beinghrnmgeai 14; bring 12;) ugaimt the stop when (ha spring swwm 5; mmw tension, and the armncctim; of {im mil in thv level being arranged m rrr al than iimv beyond the lead I can in.

I}. In mum-s fur thn purpme described, the rurrbjuutinn 0f uh ammzmhile, posts fixed thewsm iiilil having shuuldm's and threaded xizihi. nuts Hr: said Pnda split collars muunted an rlw posts buwuun the nuts and the g wuhlw, a mark shaft jmu'nuled in the r20llaw and having shits receiving th posts, and light, fli'r"l'l0d bv said shaft.

and vngnging the posts. and the light-carrynp' means.

11 testimony whm'eof I afhx my signature 1n presence of two WIUMESSGS.

HERSGHEL G. THOMPSON. Witnesses Em'm MA T, FLORENCE HOLLAND. 

